LOT 2941
Islands off Karia, Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 88/42 BC-AD 14.
Radiate head of Helios facing slightly to the right / Rose seen from above; below, corn ear to right; P-O flanking. Ashton & Weiss 9 (A2/P9); Karl 642; SNG von Aulock 2839 (same obverse die). Extremely Fine. Well struck on a broad flan.(4.04gr, 19mm, 12h).
ProvenanceEx Nomos AG, obolos 15, 24 May 2020, lot 390 (dealer's ticket included).
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South Arabia, Himyar AR Unit. Uncertain ruler, after 110 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Beardless male head to right / Bearded male head to right, Royal Qatanian monogram behind, South Arabian monogram below. Huth 367. 1.88gr, 11mm, 1h
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
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Cilicia, uncertain mint AR Hemiobol. Circa 450-400 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Head of Herakles facing slightly to right, with club over shoulder / Head of lion facing slightly to left, with arrow in mouth. Cf. SNG Levante 204-5 (Herakles to left). 0.27gr, 8mm, 7h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Drachm. As strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC, or king, 306/5-301 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Abydos mint; struck circa 310-301 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ME monogram in left field, ivy leaf beneath throne. Price 1560; ADM II Series XIX. 4.18gr, 17mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection.
